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A petition on April 10, 1872, requests Thomas Keown as Justice of Peace for Cloud County. A separate letter and petition ask that Kansas Governor Harvey appoint John U. Hodgson as Justice of Peace of Cloud County. A petition from citizens of Cherokee County asks that A. D. Wilson for the appointment as Justice of Peace. Further documents are letters or petitions from citizens providing the Governor with their suggestion of a suitable person to fill the vacancy of Justice of Peace in their county.
Creator: Kansas. Governor (1869-1873 : Harvey)
Date: 1869 - 1872
Item Number: 453787
Call Number: Governor's Office, Governor James Madison Harvey, Correspondence Files, Appointment Files, Box 2 Folder 36
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 453787
Collections - State Archives - Governor's Records - Harvey, James Madison
Date - 1861-1869 - 1869
Date - 1870s - 1870
Date - 1870s - 1871
Date - 1870s - 1872
Government and Politics - State Government - Courts - Justice of the peace
Government and Politics - State Government - Governors - Harvey, James Madison
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Correspondence
People - Notable Kansans - Harvey, James Madison, 1833-1894
Places - Counties - Cherokee
Places - Counties - Cloud
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Correspondence
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